Yup. I stopped by after work and also helped with the heavy manual labor around the ranches. That seemed to keep the strife down and answered a lot of the pass/fail questions every dad normally has.I was like that too.
Usually invited to dinner by mom.
A handful of times without their daughter knowing....
A tad awkward. Then it worked out usually
Dads liked a guy who could talk to them and not be a pussy.
ask a couple specifics about their work or their hobby? All good.
I don’t think this dude had a callous. Nor will he ever.